Unclaimed Assets
Unclaimed Estates – Values
When someone dies with no will or known family, their property passes to the Crown as ownerless property (or ‘bona vacantia’). It can be any kind of property, like buildings, money or personal possessions. We would generally refer to this as the deceased person’s estate although the net value of the estate may only be […]
Heir Hunters List
When the Government Legal Department release details of new unclaimed estates we publish them on our website. The Treasury takes in millions of pounds each year from unclaimed estates and some of the cash could be yours! Check the Heir Hunters List for details of the latest estates and follow us on social media to […]
Public Health Funerals
The Public Health Act 1984 confers a statutory duty on councils and health boards to cause to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or been found dead in their area, in any case where it appears to the authority that no suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body […]
Unclaimed Assets – USA
There are billions of unclaimed dollars in the United States of America and some of the cash could be yours! In the USA unclaimed assets are held by individual states however you can conduct a free multi-state search using the NAUPA Missing Money search engine. NAUPA also have an interactive map where you can search state-by-state. […]
Unclaimed Assets – Australia
There is around $1 billion worth of unclaimed financial assets lying in Australia and some of the cash could be yours! Unclaimed money from lost bank accounts, shares, investments and life insurance policies are deposited with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Commission are Australia’s financial services regulator and they hold the unclaimed assets […]
Heir Hunters List
The current series of ‘Heir Hunters’ on BBC TV feature details of persons who have died leaving unclaimed estates. Assets belonging to the deceased person pass to the Treasury if relatives of the deceased are not traced and the Treasury takes in millions of pounds each year from unclaimed estates….. Some of the cash could […]
Heir Hunters List
The Treasury takes in millions of pounds each year from the unclaimed estates of deceased persons and some of the cash could be yours! The BBC TV series Heir Hunters feature details of one or two of the unclaimed estates during the course of their programme however there are currently over 10 Thousand unclaimed estates […]
Unclaimed Assets – Europe
There are millions of pounds worth of unclaimed financial assets lying in Europe that UK investors and shareholders know very little about. Perhaps you have discovered an old share certificate for Rothmans cigarettes or Douwe Egberts coffee. Unclaimed funds for these companies are held in Europe and the authorities make no effort to trace potential shareholders […]